CalifJim wrote: the majority is, in essence, a form of most which is exclusively a countable (unlike most , which can be countable or noncountable). Here are fifteen spoons. The majority of the spoons are made of silver. The majority are

The articles are sometimes quite tricky in English. Contrary to all logic no article is used before titles and the like in certain expressions and after some verbs when only one person can have that position at a time. Examples: They made him

Hi Hela All kinds of opinions have been offered about words like majority requiring a singular or a plural verb. If you prefer singular, in my opinion you can use it in your sentences: The majority is/are going to vote against him. The great

Hi Rotter You've got a good point there. The fact is that what you're looking for, have in the passive voice, doesn't happen very often except for expressions like a good time was had by all. It's just not used in the passive voice and that's it.

Yes, I agree, but a native speaker's command of his language is usually superior to that of those who have not lived in total immersion. It is practically impossible to master a language if you are not in constant contact with those who speak it -

Thank you for your post, Anonymous. You have misunderstood me completely. I am not blaming grammarians for anything. I just posted ten sentences on which grammarians disagree and consequently it is impossible to take all the advice they offer. The

Grammar Geek wrote: In the present tense, use were. He speaks as if he were the president. In the future, I'd use ... well, I don't know what this tense it called, but this: He speaks as if he were going to be the president next year. The

Hi Goodman This is the factory where the drugs were found buried under 6" of fresh concrete is absolutely correct. It is correct because in the sentence where is not the grammatical object of any verb. Cheers CB PS Do you sound as good as Benny

Grammar Geek wrote: What's wrong with the construction "This is my home, where I feel the most comfortable."? I don't agree that you can't use a comma. Hi Grammar Geek Nothing is wrong with your construction. I am discussing another

Wrong. Where and visit don't go together. No comma can be used in the relative clause. There are no other correct relative clause versions of it. (A non-matching quote blocks my post, that's why I have had to remove it.) Cheers CB